Flowerpot



Oct. 20, 1925.

W. R. LITTLE FLOWERPOT Filed July 19. 1924 ww. Le'

Patented Oct. 2l?, i925,

FLOWERPOT.

Impressum inea July 1e, ieee.m semi m. 721,015.

To all who/m it may concern.'

Be it known that l, WILBER R. LITTLE, a citizen of the United States,residingV et Iowa Falls3 in the county of Hardin and State 0f Iowa., haveinvented certain newend useful Improvements in Flowerpots, of which the following is specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to flower pots end `has for en important object thereof the provision of e iiower pot whereby l,water may be placed in the pot so that it enters the earth I in' which the plant contained within the pot is placed at a point below the surface of the earth, and accordingly ete, point where it is nearer the roots of the plant and 'more read ily absorbed and where it does not muddy the surface or" the soil and render 'the same liable to soil the clothing of persons coming in contact therewith.

A 4further object of the invention is to provide a, device of this character having an outer pot and en inner removable Sieeve es societed with the outer, pot, the sleeve and pot combining tol forni e. water space into which the water may be poured, the sleeve being so constructed that it protects the opening of the space from leaves or the like falling from `the plant contained within A still further object of the invention is to provide en improved pot and drip bowl structure.

These and other objects l attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, 'wherein `for the purpose oil illusv tration is shown a' preferred embodiment of iny invention and wherein niy invention;

Figure 2 is 'e transverse sectional view through the potvteken immediately above the braces 21;

Figure 3 is e. vertical sectional view of the lower end of the pot, the drip pan beingvref moved.

Referring now more particularly to the dre-wings, the numeral 10 indicates e. pot structure of any desired shape or size but preferably cylindrical and' tapering toward its lower end. The inner Well of the pot is connected with e bese 11 which is in spaced relation to the bottom of the well, this base 4ably ening prefbeing rovided with e, central dra-in o 12. A ve the bottom of the wall an erebly midway. of the pot, as defined by the i bottom 11 and side wall, the side Well is flanged, es et 13, the upper well of the flange being formed to provide e groove le.

The numeral 15 designates e sleevepreferi c'lindrical throughout the mejor poition o its length und havin 'its' lower `end of the saine diameter as, the iumeter of the'.

groove 14 formed in the upper'surface of the flange 13. This lower end of the sleeve is seated in this groove and sealed therein by means' of e waterproof substance such as pareflne, as indicated. Adjacent the bottom of the sleeve, openings 16 are formed therein to permit passage of water from the space 17 between the sleeveand the outer wall of the'pot. In. order to revent. leaves from felling into -this space, t e upper end of the sleeve'is extended above the u per end of the pot and then flanged outwardly, as at 18, so thet its estre-mit* the outer well ci, the pot in spaced relation thereto, thus leaving an opening 19 through which water may be iutroducedto the space' without disturbing the sleeve.

The lower end of the outer wall of the pot below the bottom has formed therein notchesq 20opening through the bottom edge of the outer well, these notches increasing in width upwardlyand the edges of the notches being connected by faces of which are inclined at the seme inclination es the wells of the notch. Slidably engaged through these notches is a. drip-pen' 22 hevingits end walls shaped toconform 4 to the shaping of the outer walls of the pot- Figure l is e sectional perspective of e flower 4pot constructed in accordance with4` et the point of formation of the notches therein and having its side Walls Bering upwardly at the same angle es the angles of the sides of the notches 2,0 of the side walls,

so that this drip pen may be inserted or removed from the pot et any time but when sides ot the notches and from the supports 21. l desired,"one of. the opposed notches 2O may be eliminated, making the pen re movable from one side only of the flowerl supports 21 adjacent overlies the upper end of the potis lifted will be supported from the materially'departing from the spirit of my invention, and I accordingly do not limit yyaself to such ysgsecic structure ex'cept as i hereinafter-claimed. s

l Aower `t including side wallsv and a 'bo'ttonig the lrttom. being spaced from the .',lrfends o'fthe side walls, the side walls ffhvfzng a notch lformed therein, the bottom having an opening formedthereimga drip mnsrtible through the, notch beneath the of the drip m to receive ldrippings from the opening of the bottom, said drip pan having upwardly Haring sides, and supports extending transversely of the pot. having their adjacent faces inclined at an angle equaltothe angle 15 of flare of the sides of the drip pan'and spaced apart a distance equal to the width pan at the point of contact with the support. l

In testimony whereof I hereunto ahxmy 20 signature.

WILBER R. LITTLE. 

